Cycling Under the Influence: Summarizing the Influence of Attitudes, Habits, Social Environments, and Perceptions on Cycling for Transportation
Due to cycling’s many benefits, including positive health outcomes and its possible role in limiting pollution and congestion, there has recently been a dramatic increase in research on factors that could increase this activity. Researchers have found clear connections between objectively measured elements of the built and natural environment (such as bicycle routes, street connectivity, land use mix, slope, and weather), demographic and socio-economic characteristics and cycling for transportation. However, in recent years researchers have begun incorporating social and psychological factors, such as attitudes, perceptions, habits and social environments, into models and research frameworks to gain a greater understanding of roles these factors might play in travel behavior. It is becoming increasingly clear that these factors explain travel behavior as much and perhaps more than do characteristics of the built environment. This review paper therefore sets out to summarize the literature about the influence of these factors on the choice to cycle for transportation. The findings underline the importance of social and psychological factors on bicycle commuting.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF20 Bicycle Transportation.
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Authors:
- Willis, Devon Paige
- Manaugh, Kevin
- El-Geneidy, Ahmed
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
- Date: 2013
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 22p
- Monograph Title: TRB 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Attitudes; Bicycling; Cyclists; Literature reviews; Psychological aspects; Social factors; Travel behavior
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01473380
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 13-2696
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 21 2013 9:10AM